Dave Holmes
Radical publisher Resistance Books has launched a new online bookshop — <http://www.resistancebooks.com>. Its old website at this address has been given an extreme makeover and now lists over 330 books, pamphlets and other
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Australian Biography: Jack Mundey — As secretary of the NSW branch of the Builders Labourers Federation, Jack Mundey led the union's famous "green bans", a conservation campaign that redefined the development of Australia's major cities. SBS,
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Charmaine Chew is one of hundreds of presenters who volunteer their time for Melbourne community radio 3CR's 132 programs that go to air each week. Chew presents the Borderlines program at 5-5.30pm each Wednesday, which deals with
A May 21 attempt to transfer a Saharawi prisoner from Laayoune, in Western Sahara, to Morocco's north has sparked a wave of protest. Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975. Protests on May 24-27 against the transfer were brutally attacked by
Graham Matthews, Sydney
On June 22, 70 people attended a "Stand Up and Speak Out" meeting at the Parramatta Town Hall. Organised by the Coalition Against the Howard Government, the meeting involved a broad coalition of unions, the University of
Roger Annis & John Riddell, Toronto
Revelations contained in a federal commission of inquiry, headed by Justice John Gomery, have deeply shaken the stability of capitalist politics in Canada, and placed the issue of Quebec independence again at the
Kiraz Janicke
Sydney-based human rights activist Donna Mulhearn has made three separate visits to Iraq in the last 18 months. She first visited Iraq during the US invasion in March 2003, serving as a "human shield".
Mulhearn was in Fallujah
Half of Australia's workers (around 3.8 million) earn less than $678 a week ($35,351 per year).
The work force grew by just over 400,000 new jobs from 2000-2003, but 64.8% of these pay less than $600 a week.
More than 2 million people earn less
On June 21, communities across the Niger Delta, supported by Friends of the Earth Nigeria, filed legal action in Nigeria's High Court against Shell, Chevron-Texaco and Nigerian oil companies, to stop the flaring (burning off) of associated gas. While
Three legal experts appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in February to investigate Jakarta's trials of those responsible for atrocities during East Timor's 1999 independence referendum has described the trials, in which all but two accused
Chris Slee and James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne
A dispute at Kemalex Plastics' Dandenong South site, now in its ninth week, has become a flashpoint in a wider fight between unions and the federal Coalition government. If the government's proposed
The federal Coalition government's refugee detention policy is in crisis, and there is a feeling in the refugee-rights movement that we are at last making some headway. That was certainly the mood at this year's World Refugee Day rallies.
The
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